Adil Najam
On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a ‘Check’ (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that ‘Czech’ is pronounced as ‘check.’
Ordinarily, this should not be a problem. But right now the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic is visiting Islamabad, and the Capital’s PR people have adorned flags on flagpoles and a number of (very) large banners to welcome him in the spirit of good hospitality. The only problem is that instead of putting the ‘Czech’ flags on the banners, they have ‘Check’ flags!
I saw these while driving back into Islamabad on the from the Airport. I rushed back to see if I would figure out who was responsible for this little gaffe and maybe alert them to the mistake before the Czech PM arrived. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Czech PM was already here.
I wonder what he and his team thought of this. Did they even mention it to their hosts or did they just keep politely quiet? I also wonder what they thought about the banner that read: “We Pray for the Czech Progress and Prosperity”?I am sure they liked the sentiment, but maybe they also wondered why Pakistanis are praying for Czech progress and prosperity instead of working harder for Pakistani progress or prosperity. On the other hand, maybe they do not think as hard about what is written on banners as I do!
I have no way of knowing this, but my theory of how this might have happened is this – Someone tells someone to find out what a Czech (read ‘check’) flag looks like; they look up ‘check flag’ on Google, and that is the one which makes it way on the banner.
Nice story for a chuckle? But how would you feel if the Pakistan Prime Minister goes to another country and they mess up the flags this way?
Hi everybody!
Are there any other eye-witnesses except the writer of the article? I tried to google it (this flag accident) and found no other testimony but this. No mention in a czech press. I´m still not convinced it´s true. We are a nation that loves jokes so it´s really unbelievable that almost nobody here knows about it. But if it is a true, don´t worry, we are not such patriots as e.g. Americans. We love fun much more than our flag.
PS: Hope this doesn´t offend anybody from Czech republic
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Skodas are awesome cars! Frikkin rugged like hell and doing awesomely well in India (btw they are made here too!)
i think it is the flag of Success
hi dear pakistanies i m from pakistan aswell my wife is from czech republic i told her and she like it she didnt mind about that but she is more happy that we gona make some intenational relations ……………… it is start no worry mistakes happen but learn more about each other and make more strong relationship show that we r gooood and and donnt feel bad if some one ask u Paki i feel PROUD TO BE PAKI and i m paki